The Chemicals of Newtown Creek

Thu, Sep 26 2024
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Greenpoint Library

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Join us for an evening to learn about the history of chemicals of Newtown Creek with with author and academic, Peter Spellane. This lecture series is curated by Newtown Creek Alliance. More details to come.

Next up in series:

Oct. 10th, 6pm-7:30pm: The Crafting of Newtown Creek

 

Peter Spellane is a member of the Chemistry department at City Tech, a campus of the CUNY system located in downtown Brooklyn. He had studied at Hamilton College, the University of Washington, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Before joining CUNY, he had worked as a research chemist at the IBM Thomas J. Watson lab in Yorktown Heights and at Akzo Nobel Chemicals in Dobbs Ferry and in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

jgfggfuThis program is made possible through the generous support of the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.

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Add to My Calendar 09/26/2024 06:00 pm 09/26/2024 07:30 pm America/New_York The Chemicals of Newtown Creek <p>Join us for an evening to learn about the history of chemicals of Newtown Creek with with author and academic, Peter Spellane<span>. This lecture series is curated by Newtown Creek Alliance. More details to come.</span></p><p><span>Next up in series:</span></p><p><span>Oct. 10th, 6pm-7:30pm: The Crafting of Newtown Creek</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em><span>Peter Spellane is a member of the Chemistry department at City Tech, a campus of the CUNY system located in downtown Brooklyn. He had studied at Hamilton College, the University of Washington, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Before joining CUNY, he had worked as a research chemist at the IBM Thomas J. Watson lab in Yorktown Heights and at Akzo Nobel Chemicals in Dobbs Ferry and in Arnhem, the Netherlands.</span></em></p> Brooklyn Public Library - Greenpoint Library MM/DD/YYYY 60

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